Chapter 406: The Imperial Wedding (4)
Translator: DragonRider
The mont Yuwen Tong walked into the courtyard and sighted Ling Zhang, all his unease and anxiety slowly ebbed away, tension consuming him like never before. As though everything and everybody else around him had suddenly disappeared, he could only see the person opposite him, who, wearing the wedding robes he’d tried on the other day, was standing in sunlight, every inch of the robes so becoming and so enthralling as though the beauty of them were bewitching his heart and mind.
Ling Zhang quietly stood still where he was, watching Yuwen Tong making towards him, also unable to see anybody else.
Yuwen Tong walked closer to Ling Zhang step by step. As he saw that Ling Zhang was gazing squarely at him with only his reflection in his eyes, his mind was occupied by the thought that the whole being of this person in front of him belonged to him now, his heart hamring madly, its every beat making his eardrums throb. He could feel his heart pounding more violently with every step he took towards Ling Zhang, as if only by walking up to Ling Zhang would he be redeed.
The morning breeze lifted the hem of Ling Zhang’s scarlet wedding robes, which were fluttering. The red silk ribbons attached to Ling Zhang’s headwear were flying, entrancing Yuwen Tong further with their every flutter. Such was the beauty of Ling Zhang on this day that Yuwen Tong was entranced. Although he had once seen Ling Zhang in these robes, he was still fascinated at this mont. This kind of beauty was a combination of masculinity and femininity. Yuwen Tong had never seen this side of Ling Zhang before, so impressed by his charm that he involuntarily held his breath, but his heart was racing faster with every beat.
Likewise, in Ling Zhang’s eyes, Yuwen Tong looked so handso on this day that he was unable to bring himself back to his senses for quite a while. The two of them clearly had tried on their wedding robes in the imperial bedchamber the other day, and they’d known beforehand how they looked in their wedding robes, but they felt that on this day sothing was different, that the visual stimuli were exceptionally intense. On that day Ling Zhang had stared unblinkingly at Yuwen Tong because the latter had looked so handso in the wedding robes that he’d been unable to take his eyes off him, but on this day, apart from handsoness, there was also sothing else about Yuwen Tong, sothing that even Ling Zhang himself found inexplicable, sothing that was making his heartbeat quicken. If he was to describe it with words, he would say it was probably destiny.
The destiny that had brought him and Yuwen Tong together.
His father had once told him that in his last incarnation, although Yuwen Tong had never t him, and the two of them had never been in love, Yuwen Tong had still avenged the massacre of the Ling family by killing Zhang Chong and mbers of the Jia family; afterward, Yuwen Tong had spent the rest of his life in the north-west like a warlord and never married. Their paths had been supposed to cross, but what with the woeful fate of the Ling family, the two of them had missed the opportunity to et, which had resulted in his early death and Yuwen Tong’s lifelong bachelordom. After he was reborn and started this incarnation, because of a misunderstanding, he’d decided to call off the engagent to Yuwen Tong on his own account; the Ling family’s butler had set off to the capital city to deliver the Letter of Revocation but had chanced upon Yuwen Tong halfway there; Yuwen Tong, after being inford of the existence of the engagent, had gone to Tanyang of his own accord and thus their paths had crossed. Afterward, Yuwen Tong had helped him get his revenge, ridding the Ling family of the threat from their foes, ensuring the Ling family’s safety. All this struck Ling Zhang as a cosmic plan.
It was as though his rebirth had been ant to make sure he crossed paths with Yuwen Tong. The convergence of their paths had changed the Ling family’s fate, his fate, Yuwen Tong’s fate, and even the fate of everybody in this country. Sotis Ling Zhang really couldn’t help but wonder whether or not it’d been because sothing had gong awry in his last incarnation that had caused their paths, which had been ant to cross, to fail to cross, but this destiny still stood. Providence had given him a chance of rebirth and he’d seized it, and now they had walked into each other’s lives.
Sotis this feeling of his was very intense, especially after the fortunes of this world were changed. The Great Wen had been built, with Yuwen Tong being its emperor, who had the ambition of unifying the world. Maybe this would affect the whole world directly.
It struck Ling Zhang that maybe, to a certain degree, his rebirth had really been ant to have him cross paths with Yuwen Tong.
If that was the case, Ling Zhang would be very grateful to providence. Having been reborn and t Yuwen Tong and fallen in love, he was very content. Even if divine providence had just been using him, he would still feel it was okay. He was willing to be used this way. Besides, this ti around he and Yuwen Tong had both found happiness.
During the process of Yuwen Tong covering the short distance of several paces between them, Ling Zhang thought about a lot. It felt like an instant but also felt like a lifeti.
Yuwen Tong, standing before him, took his hand and with that Ling Zhang’s eyes t Yuwen Tong’s. For a long mont, neither of them uttered a word.
“I look especially handso today, don’t I?” asked Yuwen Tong, his eyes gleaming. Seeing Ling Zhang gazing at him in infatuation, Yuwen Tong archly asked this question in a furtive and low voice, intending to have him answer it unawares.
Ling Zhang, totally unprepared, dreamily made a reply with an inclination of the head. “Very handso.”
It was undoubtedly the sa robes Yuwen Tong had worn the other day that he was wearing now, but he was more attractive than he’d been that day.
Because he knew that from this day on they’d be a married couple, a married couple who were pronounced husband and husband at an official wedding ceremony. They would be together for the rest of their lives. Yuwen Tong was the emperor, and he was the empress. Their nas would be ntioned together. They would stand in front of the others shoulder to shoulder. Most importantly, this person would belong to him thoroughly and completely.
Who wouldn’t be fascinated by, obsessed with and addicted to this kind of feeling?
Ling Zhang knew that he would never be able to escape for the rest of his life. He had once said to Yuwen Tong that if one day Yuwen Tong dared forsake him, on no account would he let it go, that he would get Yuwen Tong back to him by hook or by crook and kill him. A true lover would rather destroy their loved one than give them up to a third person.
Maybe because Yuwen Tong noticed the flicker of strong desire and ferocity cross Ling Zhang’s eyes, his eyes instantly beca so possessive as though they were deep ponds which were trying to trap Ling Zhang inside them. In that instant, he felt that Ling Zhang was just as possessive as he was. This desire to take possession of him quickened his heartbeat. How could one not want their loved one to be highly possessive of them?
Yuwen Tong was possessive of Ling Zhang, much more possessive of Ling Zhang than Ling Zhang was of him. He strongly wanted Ling Zhang to belong to him. He wanted to own Ling Zhang and lock him up in his embrace so that nobody else would be able to see him or find anything out about him. Sotis he even wished he could incorporate Ling Zhang into his own body, so that wherever they went and whatever they did, this person would belong to him, and nobody could separate them no matter how hard they tried.
Yuwen Tong feared that this would scare Ling Zhang. After this kind of strong craving to own him ca into existence and he distinctly sensed it, he had been intentionally curbing it and concealing it from others, but this didn’t an that it was no longer there. It was not only still there but also growing stronger by the day. Sotis it was so strong that Yuwen Tong suspected he would lose control of himself and do sothing crazy if he didn’t marry Ling Zhang and put him under his complete control right away.
And now, he saw the sa craving in Ling Zhang’s eyes. In that instant, ecstasy swept over him, making him feel as though all his blood were boiling. He knew what he was excited about and what he was anticipating. Ling Zhang’s being possessive of him took his thrill to such a frenetic pitch that he was only too anxious to... to swallow Ling Zhang in one gulp!
However, he still had so of his senses left, which were telling him that this was not the right ti, that he was not supposed to let his longing get the better of him at this mont, that he needed to restrain himself however intense his desire was, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to successfully marry his sweetheart or take him back to hide him in the imperial palace.
A gleam flashed across Yuwen Tong’s eyes in an instant. It was so quick that it was barely perceivable. Ling Zhang didn’t notice it either. He was still imrsed in his own thoughts, still looking at Yuwen Tong, unable to blink, still thinking about a lot of things, including how cruelly he would retaliate against those who tried to stop him after he married Yuwen Tong...
“Can you be more specific?”
Yuwen Tong asked another question. He wanted Ling Zhang to express more of his thoughts and even felt an almost overwhelming urge to flaunt it. He wanted more people to know about Ling Zhang’s heartfelt, irresistible desire to control him and rely on him. As a result, suppressing his excitent, he managed to ask this question in a seemingly calm tone.
Ling Zhang was unaware of Yuwen Tong’s intention or the fact that this man in front of him, whom he wanted to own completely, was actually bubbling over with extre thrill because of his possessiveness.
As a result, he gave a chuckle in a very natural way and then, in a sowhat low and deep voice tinged with manifest firmness, replied, “So handso I’m besotted. I don’t want anybody else to see you so handso. I want to be the only one who has the privilege.”
“Just like the other day when we were in the bedchamber, when you were the only one seeing in these robes?” Yuwen Tong’s voice beca even lower and seductive.
Ling Zhang was like Yuwen Tong’s quarry that was walking into a trap unawares. “Yeah. Just like the other day when we were in the bedchamber, when I was the only one seeing you in these robes.”
A wild and unbridled smile curved the corners of Yuwen Tong’s mouth, which had never appeared on his face before, and which was mixed with so kind of dented smugness and a crazed resolution to get what he wanted at all cost. “Go back to the palace with right now and I’ll let you hide .”
Ling Zhang’s eyes instantly brightened. He looked at Yuwen Tong and asked, “Really?”
Looking back at him, Yuwen Tong smiled, “Really.”
In that instant Ling Zhang’s eyes glittered with such extre excitent as though he was feeling so kind of overwhelming sense of contentnt. His desire to own his lover was satisfied to the core, so he was very happy, as if he had just obtained the most precious treasure in the world.
“Nobody is to see you. You are mine, and mine alone. If anybody dares glance at you, I’ll...”
Ling Zhang suddenly left his sentence hanging, fixing Yuwen Tong with a stare, a murderous look flitting across his eyes.
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